Bujack, RoxanaDutta, SoumyaRojo, Irene BaezaZhang, DuanGünther, TobiasJohansson, Jimmy and Sadlo, Filip and Marai, G. Elisabeta2019-06-022019-06-022019978-3-03868-090-1https://doi.org/10.2312/evs.20191169https://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.2312/evs20191169Based on an intuitive physical definition of what a finite-time saddle-like behavior is, we derive a mathematical definition. We show that this definition builds the link between two FTLE-based saddle generalizations, which is not only of theoretical interest but also provides a more robust extraction of finite-time saddles.Humancentered computingScientific visualization10.2312/evs.2019116949-53